Morning Everybody. This is John at Simply Sprouts Farm. Today we're going to talk about garden tools. In particular, one of my favorite garden tools that I don't think a whole lot of people use. It's called the ProPlugger and we use it for a number of items, from peppers to pumpkins. I've even tried it on corn in the past. It really saves your back and it's something I definitely could not do without in this garden. So we're going to take a look at a few pictures (here's the ProPlugger) and I'll tell you how we do it here at Simply Sprouts Farm. Read More

Hey guys, In this video I want to share with you how I'm going to take some of this beautiful grass, Geo Zoysia and I'm going to reproduce it without having to sod or having to seed it. So here you see that I've already plugged some holes using this device called a ProPlugger XL. It's found on online and it's probably one of the best things I've bought for gardening and stuff. Read More

Hi Everyone, It’s a beautiful fall day in Minnesota and today we’re going to talk about something different. We’re going to talk about planting fall bulbs. For those of you who are like me, you like a simple way of gardening. That’s why I started straw bale gardening. I also like a simple way to plant bulbs. I know you’ve seen a million different tools and things that work for planting bulbs but today I’m going to show you the easiest, best invention ever. Read More

Moving plugs of your Kentucky Bluegrass into areas that have been damaged or had germination problems is a great way to thicken up the entire lawn without having to start from seed. Read More

Last year, I posted about a new perennial plug planting I did in June of 2016. In that post, Planting Plugs is a Cheap and Easy Way to Plant a Landscape, I showed how a 300 sq ft perennial bed could be prepared and planted using less work and money. Read More

Why is planting plugs instead of larger plants in a landscape often a better idea? Let's start planting the landscape design for my backyard and I'll show you. Read More

When we harvest our lawn plugs for transplanting, we pull the donor plugs in a tight grouping (approx 3" apart) which makes for easy hole filling using the "dump" method.   Read More

Is this a familiar sight in your yard? Wild onion or wild garlic popping up in your lawn in the winter and early spring? Wild onion, left untreated, can spread and eventually overtake an entire lawn. In fact one of the many aromas of spring is the pungent smell of freshly mowed wild onion!  Read More

I have a house in Waves NC on the Outer Banks, 12 lots back from the oceanfront, so my soil is really just sand. It has always been a rental property and until I acquired it last Spring, the yard had been pretty much neglected. Until I applied Round Up, I had a sparse stand of centipede grass and other undesirable weeds. Read More